Empire Falls
Fellow novelist John Irving asserts that Richard Russo's "natural grace as a storyteller is matched by his compassion for his characters." Others have praised his talent for crafting well-stitched plots, a talent no doubt sharpened by his experience as a screenwriter. In Empire Falls, Russo...
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Fellow novelist John Irving asserts that Richard Russo's "natural grace as a storyteller is matched by his compassion for his characters." Others have praised his talent for crafting well-stitched plots, a talent no doubt sharpened by his experience as a screenwriter. In Empire Falls, Russo presents a subtle drama of working-class life.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780375726408
Publish date: 12-04-2002
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition language: English
It took me until the very last page to get the pun in the title. Fortunately it took me only about sixty pages to get into the book; I was worried I never would -- it starts out pretty slow. But then it sucks you in and drags you the rest of the way until the bitter end.The thing that I most liked a...
I really need to go back and give this one a second reading. This was the first Richard Russo novel I ever read. I remember enjoying the plot and the characters, but sometimes it seemed endless to me, especially with all the flashbacks. Now that I have come to love Richard Russo's works, I may se...
Life in a small town. Russo can get inside people's heads. I like that.I liked this book. I thought it was very true. These characters are myfriends, my relatives here in my little town.I give Empire Falls an 8.5.
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